Philip Duke Named Furman Director of Football Operations

Furman head football coach Clay Hendrix has announced the hiring of Philip Duke as the program’s new director of operations.

Duke graduated from Furman in December of 2025 with a degree in applied mathematics.

As a undergraduate he served a student assistant coach with Furman’s offensive line from the spring of 2025 the fall season.  That followed a one-year stint as an assistant director of operations with Furman’s men’s basketball program.  He worked the 2022 and ‘23 football seasons as a defensive assistant coach with the Paladins.

Duke, a Easley, S.C., native, also recorded brief coaching stints at Crescent High School in 2021 and Walhalla High School in 2020.